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U.S. Trafficking Report: Ghana Is Africa’s Only Tier 1 Country, Djibouti Moves Up and the Republic of Congo Drops to Tier 3

The State Department’s 2026 Trafficking in Persons report, released Oct. 8, keeps Eritrea on the bottom tier, upgrades Djibouti — host of the main U.S. base in Africa — to Tier 2, and places Ethiopia and Kenya on Tier 2. A Tier 3 ranking can cost governments non-humanitarian U.S. aid.

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Exterior of the State Department headquarters in Washington
The State Department's Harry S. Truman Building in Washington, photographed in spring 2024. (File photo)U.S. Department of State / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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